2016 World Events · Annexation, territorial jihadism, and platform influence
Brexit referendum
The United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union, beginning years of negotiations and constitutional conflict.
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What is stated, why it matters, and what remains uncertain
What this is
A specific-event record selected from the protected World Events source ledger for cross-year research. It is not an exhaustive account of 2016.
Why it matters
It reshaped European integration, trade, migration, and populist politics.
What is established here
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What remains uncertain
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Record narrative
Source-bounded summary
The United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union, beginning years of negotiations and constitutional conflict.
It reshaped European integration, trade, migration, and populist politics.
Structured fields
Record at a glance
- Stable record ID
- 2016-002
- Date or period
- 2016-06-23
- Type
- Political rupture
- Focus
- Political / governance
- Impact scope
- Global
- Priority
- 5 of 5
- Location label
- London, United Kingdom
- Coordinate precision
- City-level coordinate
- Actors named by the source record
- UK voters; UK government; European Union
- Verification state
- source-start-point; sensitive details require independent verification
Geographic context
A coordinate locator, not a surveyed event footprint
The submitted record supplies 51.5074, -0.1278 with the precision label “City-level coordinate.” Multi-location events, disputed borders, campaigns, and broad regions cannot be reduced to one point.
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This remains a starting-point record
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2IA — International Intelligence Archive. “Brexit referendum.” World Events record 2016-002. Reviewed July 27, 2026. https://2ix.org/world-events/2016/2016-002/